Why would there be an increase in size?

I have had a couple of ipods, all 8gb. Each time I got a new one I cleared my itunes library and started again, and all the music I put on my ipods were taken from my cds. I could always get around 2000 songs to add up to 8gb.
Before I cleared itunes a few days ago there was 1562 songs in my library and they added up to 6.39gb (which has always been about the same, as in that amount of songs for that amount of storage). I have now been reloading my music onto itunes, the same songs of the same cds and currently I have 679 songs in the library and it's telling me they add up to 6.30gb
So before:
1562 = 6.39gb
And now:
679 = 6.30gb
I don't understand. I'm taking the exact same songs off the exact same cds that I have always used

Previously on the devices summary tab in iTunes did you have 'Convert higher rate bit songs to 128 kbps AAC' ticked ? Though obviously that won't make difference if your songs are already below that.

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Hook up your device to your PC and open iTunes. Make sure the sidebar is showing (Control+S if you cannot see the sidebar with Devices listed), and click on your device to open the Device Profile screens to the right. Click on the Music tab, and make sure that the Sync All Music or Sync Selected Music box is checked. If you have Sync Selected Music checked, then below that, make sure you check all music that you want on your device. Then click on SYNC at the bottom (or APPLY).
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Hello
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Mac OS X
Version 10.7.5
Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core 15
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
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Audio 4.3 MB
Movies 42.3 MB
Photos 133.7 MB
Apps 2.57 GB
Backups Zero KB
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